Private Project

This is concrete

The body becomes architecture in the iconic abandoned military bunkers of Fort Worden National Park (WA, USA) as personal and geographical histories are interwoven in this genre bending dance.

  • Alice Gosti
    Director
  • June Zandona
    Director
  • MALACARNE
    Producer
  • Alyza DelPan-Monley
    Key Cast
  • Lorraine Lau
    Key Cast
  • Dominique See
    Key Cast
  • Kaitlin McCarthy
    Key Cast
  • Sara Mustelin
    Cinematography
  • June Zandona
    Edited
  • Anastasia Babenko
    Additional editing, Color Correction and Titles
  • Monika Knot - Nordra
    Sound Composition / Music
  • Alice Gosti
    Created
  • Sara Mustelin
    Camera Work
  • June Zandona
    Camera Work
  • Casey Grosso
    Camera Work
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 22, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Northwest Film Forum MALACARNE movie night
    Seattle
    United States
    October 22, 2022
    n/a
Director Biography - Alice Gosti, June Zandona

Alice Gosti is a transnational immigrant performance artist, choreographer, filmmaker and cultural strategist who creates site-responsive dances, live art installations and films that examine how history, politics and place enter the body and condition how we move and relate. Born in Perugia, Italy and raised by artists SANDFORD&GOSTI, she’s worked between Italy and occupied Duwamish land (Seattle) since 2008. Gosti founded MALACARNE, an experimental ensemble that relies on transparent and equitable partnerships with artists, communities and institutions in pursuit of social justice.

Gosti’s work has been recognized with numerous awards and commissions including: a Vilcek Creative Promise in Dance Award (2012), ImPulsTanz danceWEB Scholarship (2012), Bossak/Heilbron Award (2015 and 2019), Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Award (2014, 2017 and 2022), Artist Trust GAP Grant (2014), Artist Trust Fellowship (2017), the inaugural Italian Council Grant from the Italian Government (2017 - 2018), 4Culture Grant (2018 and 2020 - 2021), a NEFA National Dance Project Grant Production (2016 - 2018), a NEFA Touring grant (2019), NPN Documentation & Storytelling Award (2020), ArtsWA CARES Act Relief Grant (2020), Foundation for Contemporary Arts Relief Fund Award (2020), ArtsFund Recovery Grant (2021), Doris Duke Recovery Fund Award (2021) and a Princess Grace Honoraria Award in Choreography (2021).

June Zandona (she/her) is a director and camera person from Washington state. After many years working in the film industry in Los Angeles CA, June turned to directing her own works, bringing a thoughtful cinematic eye to many projects of all sizes.

As well as her work with Alice Gosti and MALACARNE dance company (including their previous collaboration “Perpetual Vessels”), June’s most recent short documentary “Deep Waters” premiered at Wasatch Mountain Film Festival in 2021. Her latest narrative short film, “Wedding Video”, premiered to a sold-out crowd at the 2019 Seattle Int’l Film Festival shorts showcase. Her previous short film “DANCER”, a hybrid dance and narrative film and rumination on loneliness and connection, toured the festival circuit and premiered at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival in 2016. When not on set she can be usually be found hiking in the woods with her dog.

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Director Statement

Located on ancestral S'Klallam land, the Fort Worden National Park is a collection of artillery batteries and military bunkers. They used to stand as a symbol of militarization, fear of the other and the environmental cost of human “progress.” By the time the Fort Worden was finished being built, warfare had changed from naval warfare to air warfare, making the structure and its immortal architecture a complete waste and devoid of meaning. “this is concrete” introduces new historical meanings into this outdated construction. Four bodies build new memories and new ideas inspired by the Fort’s vast but interconnected network of rooms, staircases, doors and windows, which naturally convey a sense of movement and mechanics.